Archive for the ‘Issues’ Category
thehorseshoe | February 10, 2010 in Issues | Comments (3)
Tags: Garcon, Manning, powers, Saints, Stover, Super Bowl
Super Bowl 44: Colts 17 Saints 31
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Early lead squandered
Momentum shift in second
Six snaps on offense. |
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Key plays define game.
Garcon’s drop, onside fumble,
and Manning’s pick six. |
Costly injury
not Freeney’s bad ankle but
Jerraud Power’s foot. |
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Big coaching blunder
Stover’s kick from 50 yards
None made in 4 years. |
Massive fourth down stop
means nothing when offense can’t
convert third and one. |
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Bright lights on big stage
Normally resil’ent Colts
crack under pressure. |
Despite ev’rything
Colts had ball and chance to win
with three minutes left |
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Deep disappointment
will not make true fans forget
fantastic season |
All credit to Saints
Fortune favors the bold, and
this night, they were bold! |
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No joy in Naptown
No parade or vict’ry tour
Just thoughts of August. |
thehorseshoe | February 2, 2010 in Issues | Comments (1)
Tags: Brees, Peyton, Saints, Super Bowl
Super Bowl XLIV Preview
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Haiku Count: 1523
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Little known factoid
Ponies are migratory
Wint’ring in South Beach |
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Scant three years ago
Dogged by “Can they win big game?”
Now seen as fav’rites. |
Gone are paper bags
Fleur de lis now sign of Saints’
sure Esprit de Corp |
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No mean nuns needed
Catholic school’s in session
Colts must know their Saints |
Gimpy pass rusher
A cause for consternation?
Colts say, “Next man up.” |
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Saints’ Williams stirs pot
Bounty placed on Peyton’s head
Team won’t take the bait. |
Bring your umbrella
Brees, Manning forecast touchdowns
pouring down like rain. |
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His loyalty split
Big Easy’s favorite son
will cheer for his own. |
thehorseshoe | January 27, 2010 in Issues | Comments (2)
Tags: Garcon, Jets, Manning, Ryan, Wayne
| AFC Championship: Colts vs Jets |
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Haiku Count: 1515
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Upstarts land first punch
Ready to plan their parade
after first quarter. |
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Pride of Port au Prince
No quake can shake his resolve
For team or country. |
Unconcerned with stats
Workman like efficiency
Reggie plays decoy. |
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Fleet-footed brick wall
Colt defenders fly to ball
Soon, names known to all. |
Studying old film
from Rex Ryan’s Ravens days
Manning beats the blitz. |
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Somehow soft Dome team
Out-muscled and out-hustled
Brash brutes from Broadway. |
Play action miscues
give Jets chance for big play scores
Second half, shutout. |
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18 surveys field
Given time and exposure
Defense unravels |
Regardless of rest
Fact remains perfect season
Was within their reach. |
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No greater reward
For fans, city, players
Chance to be Champ’on. |
thehorseshoe | January 20, 2010 in Issues | Comments (1)
Div. Round: Colts 20 Ravens 3
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Haiku Count: 1505
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Manning, the Time Lord
Twenty ticks, Eternity
Four chances to score. |
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Raven runners swarm’d
by sea of would-be tacklers
No daylight; no holes. |
Brackett tilts with Rice
Unheralded Scarlet Knight
wins battle and war. |
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Fleet footed waiter
won’t let Reed feast on bad throw
Great Haitian hustle! |
AFC Championship: Colts vs Jets
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Real pigskin karma
Colts hand Jets free playoff pass
Now they take it back. |
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Sixty separate
Colts from second Super Bowl
Miami awaits. |
Remind Rex Ryan
Revis can cover one man
Others will break free. |
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New week, same gameplan
Stop run, limit turnovers.
Recipe for win |
thehorseshoe | January 6, 2010 in Issues | Comments (1)
Tags: Manning, Painter, Polian
Week 17: Colts 7 Bills
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Haiku Count: 1497
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Coach sets team adrift
Paintered into a corner
Real snow job: press room. |
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Curtis a Trekkie?
His Kobayashi Maru
No Gorn; just Jets, Bills |
Personal milestones
are worth risking injuries,
not so, perfection. |
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Polian’s belief
in *his* plan becomes blindess
when faced with logic. |
Playoff Preview
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Two game boondoggle
Should not deter team from goal
Lombardi Trophy |
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Bye week heals all wounds
Players bounce back ready; so too
Outraged fanbase |
Leader as always,
Manning quells teammates’ strife &
asks fans, “Let it go.” |
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Playoff map takes shape.
Naptown to Miami trip
takes two games, three weeks. |
thehorseshoe | December 30, 2009 in Issues | Comments (3)
Week 16: Colts 15 Jets 29
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Haiku Count: 1489
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One they gave away.
Coach, GM shirk from success
As if from disease. |
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Fear of injury
Destroys team momentum and
Confidence in coach. |
Play your best and lose
No shame; Pulling best from game
insults team and sport. |
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Ignore the fan rants,
Starters WANTED chance to play
Good leaders listen. |
Coach Caldwell’s gamble:
Team health matters much more than
Team psyche. He’s wrong. |
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To see the brass ring
and refuse to grab for it?
Most live for that chance! |
Blind, deaf to hist’ry
Coach trades team morale for health.
Safe choice not so safe. |
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Years from now, even
if team is crowned Champion
One “What if?” remains. |
Back-ups lose to Jets
Pre-season at end season
Dishonest contest. |
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What bizzaro world
is this, where fans want to win
more than their own team?! |
Submissions from Rex Stocklin
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Fans lost perfect Colt
season to tyranny of
the Rest of the team |
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Bill drawing up plans
Painter in the Big Picture
Artless!…off the dial |
What WERE we thinking?
Historic near-perfection
A win…no Shoes-in |
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Local, league-wide grief
That’s about the sighs of it
Our crest has fallen |
Colts try to save face
Such drama in Peyton’s Place
We still lead the race |
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Staff misheard the line
“There’s no trying in football”
Blue’s our Field of Dreams |
Mad fans are sicced (sic)
“Secondary” licked this week
Col. L gets ticked…eek! |
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The signs are still there
Shula stays dry, Fins high five,
Mercury rises. |
thehorseshoe | December 23, 2009 in Issues | Comments (2)
Tags: Caldwell, Purnell
Week 15: Colts 35 Jaguars 31
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Haiku Count: 1471
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Can’t kick comeback fix.
Seventh 11th hour win.
Blowout not bad word. |
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Near flawless first half
No, reins have not been let up.
Team preps final charge |
Stalking wounded prey
Mathis, Freeney pace sidelines
Final drive, they pounce. |
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Oh sweet irony.
First kickoff score comes against
Purnell, their old coach. |
Week 16: Colts vs Jets
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If you’re hurt, you sit.
If not, play and play to win.
Coach Caldwell’s motto. |
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Page from Steve Job’s book.
Media distortion field
Keeps pundits guessing. |
Fear of injury.
Fear of losing momentum.
Which one guides this team? |
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Despite what they say,
Ev’ry player wants to play
for chance at hist’ry. |
thehorseshoe | December 16, 2009 in Issues | Comments (0)
Tags: Caldwell, lacey, marshall
Week 14: Colts 28 Broncos 16
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Haiku Count: 1463
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Decade dominance
No team has won more games
in all of football |
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The pick chill factor
Like wind chill, turnovers make
lead seem much smaller. |
B is for balance.
D crushes all comeback hopes
O scores early, late |
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Lacey on Marshall
TV terms, think Diff’rent Strokes
Arnold fights Willis. |
Week 15: Colts vs Jaguars
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To rest or to play?
Caldwell takes first tentative steps
from Dungy’s shadow. |
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Playoff game for Jags
Pre-season game for ponies?
Colts will play to win. |
Courting perfection,
Colts are coy, feign disinterest.
Saints are brash suitors. |
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Still sore from Sunday,
both teams tape up and grit teeth
for Thursday night tilt. |
thehorseshoe | December 9, 2009 in Issues | Comments (1)
Tags: Addai, broncos, Freeney, johnson, orton, titans, young
Week 13: Colts 27 Titans 17
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Haiku Count: 1455
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Upset that wasn’t
Six loss team unfit equal
to unbeaten Colts. |
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Swarming Colt defense
Kept Johnson & Young in check
with two fourth down stands. |
Late in half, punch thrown.
Undisciplined and stupid.
Titans gift: three points. |
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Addai sustains drives.
No splash, but plenty of dash.
Keep moving the chains. |
Week 14: Colts vs Broncos
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Tale of two equines
Both with plans for post-season
One’s skittish; one runs. |
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Regular season
Twenty-one wins ties record
History next week? |
Former Patriot
has castoffs clicking out West.
Will they cheat and whine? |
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Ex-Boiler Orton
will receive a warm welcome
Freeney’s outstretched arms. |
thehorseshoe | December 2, 2009 in Issues | Comments (0)
Tags: bethea, Texans, titans, vince young
Week 12: Colts 35 Texans 27
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Haiku Count: 1447
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Sign says, “Play 60.”
Texans celebrate at half
Colts at end of game. |
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Up two scores early
Against Colts no lead is safe
They finish. They close. |
Big hit. Snot-knocker!
Texans thump chests, pose for crowd.
Colts quick snap; big play. |
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Safety more than name
Errant fluttering pass nabbed
Antoine Bethea. |
Week 13: Colts vs Titans
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Titanic savior?
Did Young earn five game win streak
or defense, run game? |
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Runaway freight train
Engine stoked, full head of steam
Johnson blasts through line. |
Seems crazy, yes, but
Best way to contain Vince Young
is to make him pass. |
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TItans haven’t lost
Since coach donned Manning’s jersey.
Sunday, it comes off. |
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